Cast-off for garters



June 10 1924.

J. H. POOLE CAST OFF GARTERS Filed April 17. 1923 Invenibr filmfiloolePatented June 10, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

, JOHN H. POOL-n, or STOUGHITON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR T JOHN 'H.BARLOW,

" or QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS.

CAST-OFF FOR GARTERS.

Application filed April 17, 1923. Serial No. 632,658.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN H. Poona, a citizen of the United States,residing at Stoughton, in the county of Norfolk and State of ltlassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cast-Otistor Garters, of which the following is a specification. i

This invention relates to a garter which includes a legencircling strap,usually of elastic webbing, having a stud member at one end portion andacast-oii' at the opposite end portion, adapted to detachably engage thestud member and connect the end portions with each other. The stud member' is located midway between the opposite edges of the strap, and thecast-oil has a slotwhich is of greater length than the width of thestrap and receives a bight or loop of the strap, the cast-oil beingprovided between its ends with a central ear having anopening adapted todetachably engage the stud member, the arrangement being such that thecast-oft is adapted to swing or turn on the stud member, so that themeeting ends of the strap may be lower on the leg than the major portionof the strap when the garteris in use.

Heretofore the stud member-engaging ,openingin thecast-ofi car has beena slot,

the margin of which is rigid and loosely engages the stud member withoutexerting a yielding, grasping pressure thereon, so that the strap endsare liable to be accidentally detached from each other, and permit thegarter to drop.

My invention has for its object to enable the opening in the cast-0H earto yieldingly grasp the stud member and thus prevent liability ofaccidental detachment of the strap ends from each other.

I accomplishthis object by providing the cast-oil ear with an enlargedopening, and inseparably securing to the ear a socket member extendingthrough the opening, and

adapted to yieldingly grasp the stud member, said members being the,stud and socket members of a snap fastener of any suitable type.

The cast-ofi is adapted to be conveniently manipulated to tip the socketmember and thus disengage it from the stud member.

Of the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification,-

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a stocking-supporting garter includinga cast-off embodying the invention.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary view showing the end portion of the strap towhich the stud member is attached.

Figure 3 is a side view on an enlarged scale, of the main portion of thecast-ofl' withoutthe socket member.

Figure 4 shows the main portion and the socket member assembled.

a Figure 5 is a section on line 55 of Figure 4.

Figure 6 is an edge View of the portion shown by Figure 2.

Figure 7 is a transverse section of the cast-off.

Figure 8 is a side view of the tubular portion of the socket member asit appears before engagement with the ear on the main portion of thecast-oft and with the head portion of the socket member.

Figure 9 is a sectional View of the head portion of the socket member,before engagement with the tubular portion.

Figure 10 is a view similar to Figure 3, showing a modification.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all of thefigures.

12 represents the leg-encircling strap of a garter which in thisinstance, has a looped 35 end portion 12*, carrying a stud member 13,and a looped end portion 12 engaged with the cast-off next described.Said cast-off includes a main portion adapted to engage the loopedportion 12, and a socket member complemental to the stud member 13, andinseparably connected with the main portion.

The main portion of the cast-ofi may be made either of sheet metal orwire, and as here shown, is made of sheet metal. Said main portionincludes a body 14, having a slot 15, which engages the end portion 12of the strap as shown by Figure l, and an ear 16, projecting from oneedge of the body, midway between the ends thereof. The ear is providedwith an opening which, as shown by Figures 3, 5 and 7, is a slot joiningthe slot 15 and having a curved portion 17, and a contracted portion 18.The opening shown by Figure 10 is a circular orifice 19.

The stud member 13 has a substantially spherical head, connected by aneck 13 with an attaching base, as usual in a snap or studandsocketfastener.

The, abovementioned ,socket .member is complemental to the stud member,and

adapted to yieldingly grasp the latter. The

socket member here shown is of a Well known. type and comprises atubular portion 2O having a closed end 21, and provided at the oppositeend with a flange 22. socket member also comprises a hollow head portion23, having an opening 24 (Figure 9) adapted to receive the closed end ofthe tubular portion. The flange 22 and tubular portion 20 are providedwith slits or slots '25, extending from the margin of the flange nearlyto the closed end 21.

The tubular portion is inserted in the ear opening 17 or 19, 'until theflange 22 is seated on one side of the ear. The head 23 is then placedon .the closed end, and the parts are subjected to pressure to distortthe tubular portion, as shown by Figure 5. This operation engages thehead portion withthe tubular portion, and seats the head portion .on theopposite side of the cast-oil ear. It also expands the wall ofthetubular portion into close engagement with the margin of the earopening, so that the socket member constitutes an inseparable part ormember of the cast-off.

By fixing a socket member to the main portion of a cast-ofi as abovedescribed, I

accomplish two results, viz, first, the castoil includes .with anexpansible and automatically contractible opening or socket wall adaptedto'yieldingly grasp the stud member, so that a considerable de ree offorce is required to separate the end portions of @thestrap from eachother, and secondly,

The r I am not limited to the particular socket member construction hereshown.

I claim:

1. For use as an element of a garter which includes a leg-encirclingstrap having at one end portion a stud member, and at the opposite endportion a loop; a cast-off composed of a body having an elon ated slotcorresponding in length to the wi th of the strap, the inner edgeportion of said body being adapted to engage said loop, an earprojecting from the outer edge of the body midway between the endsthereof and provided with anopening, and a socket member fixed in said oening and adapted to yieldingly engage said stud member, the socketmember constituting an inseparable part of the cast-off, the arrangementbeing such that the socket member may be disengaged from the stud memberby a tripping movement 2. As an article of manufacture, astudmember-engaging cast-off for garters, composed of a slotted body,adapted to engage one end of a leg-encircling strap, an ear projectingfrom one edge of the body centrally of the latter, and )rovided with anopening,

and a socket mem er composed of aslotted signature. v

JOHN H. POOLE.

